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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated at a desk in 1941. (Wikimedia Commons)
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The Capitol on November 6, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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The destruction of the Pequots and their fort near Connecticut by the English colonists in May of 1637. (Wikimedia Commons)
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A Union Pacific freight train travels on July 29, 2025, in Hutto, Texas. (Getty Images)
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Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump at the White House on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport on October 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
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On June 4, 2025, Austin PBS and the LBJ Presidential Library held a discussion of filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein’s documentary series The American Revolution. (Wikimedia Commons)
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